Resumen

CASTANEDA, LUZ STELLA. The ‘parlache’: Results of a lexicographical investigation. Forma funcion, Santaf, de Bogot, D.C. [online]. 2005, n.18, pp.74-101. ISSN 0120-338X.

The idea of carrying out an investigation on the lexicographical characterization of the parlache in order to elaborate a dictionary, was born by the interest in searching thoroughly on a dialectal variety of diastratic origin from the Colombian Spanish, called parlache, which is widely used by our society, but specifically by youth of popular and outskirt neighbourhoods of Medellin and its metropolitan area. In all the society linguistic changes are occurring which show the transformation of their reality. As a matter of fact, the occurrence of linguistic change in the popular and outskirt districts of Medellin advanced so fast that it surpassed the commonl limits of this phenomenon, due to the worsening of the social crisis, the upspring of new kinds of “work”, marked by legal trespass and spread of drug communities which mainly affected the youth as a whole sector of society. This is the reason why the parlache is mainly and most properly used by youth between 15 and 26, although it is a widespread dialectal variety.

Palabras clave : sectores marginales; parlache; lenguaje, jóvenes; lexicografía.

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